McDonald's Saga

"McDonald's apologized to Singapore Friday and brought a pig back to its toy menu, after a decision to leave the animal out of its Chinese zodiac collection upset many in the predominantly ethnic Chinese nation."

I saw this headline on Yahoo! News yesterday. Initially the first thought that came to my mind was, what's this about?


And to my dismay, it was actually a move by Mcdonald's in an attempt to not offend the Muslim in Singapore. Well, first and foremost, I must applaud Mcdonald's for being so considerate. Once again, they have proven to be extremely sensitive to the customers' needs.


However, I must say that it is just a toy and full stop. If Mcdonald's is condemned for selling a pig toy, then Toy'R us would have been shut down long ago.


Enlightenment: Muslims usually criticise the Chinese for their abysmal ignorance for saying that they treat the pigs like God. No, they don't and in actual fact, pigs are on no grounds a sacred animal to them either.

Muslims' abstention from pork eating is in adherence to the Qur'anic Law which states:


" Forbidden to you for (food) are: dead meat, blood and the flesh of the swine and that which hath been invoked the name other than Allah. "


Holy Qur'an 5:4


Personally, I believe that this is an insult to the Muslims. You are respecting their religion but in the complete wrong way. They are not allowed to eat pork but who said they can't play with pig toys? You mean they can't go to the pig farm or zoos just because they are pigs around?


Such an unconscionable move is actually approved beforehand? No wonder the dismal planning team is reviled at by the public.

By making that sort of ludicrous move, Mcdonald's has just shot themselves in the foot. I'm surprised that none of the Muslims have actually stepped out and castigate Mcdonald's for that radical move.


Also, if they think that they have so-called respected the Muslim by doing so, are they de facto disrespecting the chinese then? To us, the 12 Zodiac signs are the 12 Gods that we respect. By removing one of them, are they actually disrespecting our religion and tradition now? Worst of all, Muslims never once said they can't play with pig toys!


As they say, if you are smart, just stop there, do not attempt to go the extra mile and end up being the smart alec.



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